Multiple-compartment container



1 June 19, 1923. 1,459,257

. S. N. REGER MULTIPLE COMPARTMENT CONTAINER Filed Jan. 11 192i 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 'D Qww/wtoz 600% JMReferf.

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SCOTT N. BEGEE, OF BERBYBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONEHAIIF '10 ROBERT V. REGER, OF CLABKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

MULTIPLE-CODEPABTMENT CONTAINER.

Application filed January 11, 1921. Serial 1N0. 488,560.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Sco'rr N. Raonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berryburg, in the county of Barbour and 5' State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple-Compartment Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers made of sheet material and more particularly to a novel multiple compartment container and to the method of producing the same. The container embodying the present invention is designed primarily for use in containing water in one compartment and calcium carbide in anothercompa rtment, and is designed especially for employment by miners or others who are required to carry acetylene lamps which must be replenished or recharged from time to time. The chief objection heretofore to the use of acetylene lamps by miners has been the inconvenience involved in carrying two separate flasks or containers one holding water and the other a quantity of calcium carbide, and it is therefore one of the primary objects of the present invention to provide a single container having compartments entirely independent of each other within which the water and carbide may be stored and from which the said substances may be dispensed Jas occasion requires.

Another important object of the invention 'is to so construct the container that there can be no danger of water from the water compartment entering the carbide compartment which would result in the generation of acetylene gas. Should it be attempted to obtain this result by dividing the interior of 40 the body of acontalner intotwo separate cornpartments by means of a partition soldered, riveted, or otherwise secured in place, being initially separate from the walls of the container body, there would be likelihood of leakage of water past the joints particularly in view of the rough usage to which such a container would be likely to be subjected. Furthermore, the securing in place within the container bod of a separate partition involves oonsiderab e labor and the ex ense. incident thereto, and eat care wou d have to be exercised in o taining a secure and watertight union between the parts. Therefore, the invention contemplates the formation of a multiple compartment container f m a vtainer constructed in accordance with the walls 5.

- ing thus single sheet of metal, that is so far as concome the wall of the body and the partition dividin the interior of the body, with the result t at there, will be no mechanically produced joints between the edges of the partition wall and the walls of the container body between which the partition wallextends,and furthermore the labor and expense involved in securing in place such a partition wall as that referred to previously, will beavoided. The invention further has as an important ob ect to evolve a novel method whereby the body and partition of a multiple compartment' container ma be formed. Other objects Wlll be apparent from th description which is to follow: a

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conpresent invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view therethrough;

Figure '3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 4 is a view illustrating the manner in which the container body and dividing partition therefor may be formed up by the method of the invention.

In the drawings the container body is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and the partition which divides the interior. thereof is indicated in general by the numeral 2- The container body 1 com rises a front wall 3, a rear wall 4, and roun M ed side In forming the body of the container and its dividing partition wall 2, a rectangular sheet of metal of suitable mar inal dimen sions is obtained and the same is bent along parallel lines perpendicular to its upper and lower longitudinal edges as indicated by the numeral 6, these bends defining the vertical ed es of the partition wall 2 which wall constitutes the portion of the metal blank lying between the said bends 6. Also the said blank has its end ede portions bent to provide right angular anges 7 which pro ect in the same general direction. Havprepared the blank, the portion thereof lying between the bends 6 and the end flanges 7, are bent around or back upon themselves, 'preferly along curved lin until the outer faces of the flan I are brought into contact with the appeal facee m1 faces of the flanges 7 are then soldered to the faces of the partition wall 2, the-portions of the blank between the bend 6 and the said flanges 7 at such time assuming the shape shown in dotted lines in Figure 4 of the drawings. In this manner there is pro duccd the hody'of the container which body comprises thesaid walls-3, i and 5, and is divided by the-partition wall 2, and it will be evident, that due to'the peculiar manner in which the body and its dividing partition wall is formed, there will be no seams or mechanically produced joints between the vertical edges of the partition wall 2 and the front and rear walls 3 and 4 of the body of the container, but on the other hand thepartition wall will be an integral part with the said front and rear walls of the container body and therefore there can be no leakage of water past the partition from one compartment to the other. The partition 2 serves to divide the interior of the body into two compartments one indicated b I the numeral 8 and'the other by the numera 9, one of these compartments, as, for example, the compartment 8, being designed to contain a suitable quantity of water and the other compartment 9 to con tain a suitable quantity of calicum carbide.

The container further comprises a bottom which is indicated in general by the numeral 10, and this bottom is likewise formed of sheet metal and of a marginal contour corresponding to that of the'lower end of the body of the container. The said bottom 10 is providedat its periphery with an upstanding circumscribing flange 11 and in as sembling the bottom with the body 1, the bottom is disposed with its said flan esurround ing the lower end of the said ody 1', and the inner surface of this flange is united by soldering to the outer face of the walls of the bod of the container. Inasmuch as the body 0 the container and its dividing partition wall 2 is'formed from a sheet metal blank of rectangularform and having parallel upper and lower longitudinal edges,'the lower edge of the partition wall 2 occupies the same plane-as the lower edges of the walls of the body 1 and will therefore rest upon the upper surfaceof the bottom when the parts are assembed', and after assemblage of the parts the said lower edge of the partition wall is soldered as at 12, to the said bottom 10.

The compartments 8 and 9 are provided respectively with to s 13 and 14, the base portion of each top eing of the same margmal contour as the open upper end of the I I respective compartment and being provided with a depending flange 15 extending about its periphery and fitting within the said up per end of the respective compartment where it is permanentlysecured in place by soldermg, as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The tops 13 and 14 are preferably of general j mounted, as at 20. at one side of the spout,

preferably that side which is next adjacent the spout 16 ofthe top 13. As stated above, the compartments 8 and 9 are desi ed to respectively contain water and carbide and it will be understood that either of these substances may be dispensed by opening the spout of the respective compartment and suitably tilting the container as a whole, this being accomplished without delivering any or the contents of the other compartment.

llnasmuch as the container embodying the invention is designed primarily to be carried on the person, it is desirable that one wall of the container as for example its rear wall 4, be provided with a spring cli 21 or any other suitable device which may e engage for example, with a waist belt thus ada tin the container to be conveniently carrie an in a handy manner.

While the two compartments of the C011? tainer are described as provided with spouts of a particulanform and distinctive tes of closures for the spouts, it will be uner stood that various other forms of spouts may be emplo ed as well as various types of closures t erefor.

While thecontainer is. described above formed of sheet metal, it will be understood that any sheet material suitable for the purpose may be employed and that I am not to be limited to the use of metal nor am I to be limited to the particular shape and proportions of the parts as these may be varied without departing from the terms of the appended claims.

Also while I have described the bottom and the tops 13 and 14 as secured in place by soldering, it will be understood that these parts may be united with the bod of the container in any desired manner an by any desired means.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A multiple compartment container comprising a body and a partition wall di viding the body interior compartments, the said partition wall being integral at itsopposite edges with opposite walls of the body, a bottom closing the lower ends of the compartments, and tops clos the upper ends of the said'comp 1i ants.

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comprising a body and-a artition wall dividing the body interior y into separate compartments, the said partition Wall being integral at its opposite edges with opposite Walls of the body, ends of the compartments, tops'closing the upper ends of the said compartments, and a delivery spout and closure therefor associated with each individual top.

3, A multiple compartment container including a body comprising as an integral component part, a partition wall and enclosa. bottom closing the lowering wall sections integrally formed with the vertical edges of the partition wall and each extending from the edge with which it forms a juncture to the opposite edge of the said partition wall and being there provided with a flange united to the respective face of the said partition wall, a bottom united to the lower edges of the enclosing and partition walls, and a top for the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

scorr N. REGER. [n 8.1 

